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Andromeda
A myth rewritten. A name reclaimed.
Blessed by the gods with unparalleled beauty, Andromeda lives a life of ease within her Aethiopian palace walls. Content with her sanctuary, the young princess has no concerns other than the royal expectations her parents have for her - until a single, fateful proclamation changes everything.
When the queen defies the gods with a blasphemous claim, Poseidon, fearsome God of the Seas, delivers a deadly ultimatum that puts the queen's life in Andromeda's hands. Poseidon sends his loyal servant, the shape-shifting Ceto, to seal the princess's fate.
But Ceto is not just a servant. With a sharp tongue and hardened heart, she has little interest in the princess's appearance - and even less in the games of gods. Yet an undeniable tension begins to bloom between them, and both quickly realise Andromeda's beauty is not only a gift, but a weapon to wield. As Poseidon's judgement draws ever closer, the two women find themselves pulled into something far more passionate - and dangerous - than either could have predicted...
Albion
The Brooke family are gathering in their eighteenth-century ancestral home - at the heart of a thousand acres of English countryside - to bury Philip: husband, father and the blinding sun around which they have all orbited for as long as they can remember.
They must grapple with their shared grief as well as their shared inheritance. Each of his children is adamant that their father has given them his blessing, and none are willing to back down, as dreams of rewilding the English countryside clash with a vision of a psychedelic haven for the super-rich.
But as they debate the future of the land, a stranger arrives bearing a truth that will fracture all the dreams on which they've built their lives.
The Given World
April brings spring surging with it, giving rise, among many in the village, to a comforting illusion that all is somehow still right with the world, and that nothing will ever change.
In the ancient Welm Valley, something is shifting: the river is behaving oddly, while the arrival of spring, with its familiar rhythms, is shadowed by an undercurrent of unease.
A woman falls while out walking and hopes to be found before nightfall; a doctor realises, too late, that he has long underestimated his wife; across the village, people are plagued by the same vast and unsettling dream. And alone in a converted priory, overlooking watermeadows unchanged for centuries, Clare Grey receives news which will force her to reconsider her family's past and the fresh weight of her solitary existence.
The Good Eye
Men and women confront the limits of their perception as reality shifts around them, in this startlingly original debut short-story collection
A stone appears in a woman's pocket like a charm only to end up lodged in someone's throat. A psychic harnesses her talent for animal communication to extract a perfect revenge. A condescending artist throws a dinner party, where he discovers a painful and consequential truth.
In these twelve exquisite and uncanny stories, the world can change in an instant. The beautiful can suddenly become grotesque, the exalted disgraced, the genius an imposter. Ranging across the globe through the worlds of art, crime and fantasy, each character turns their gaze on themselves and on each other, to confront what they see with their good eye - and their bad.
Beginning to Live
A user's guide to the everyday challenges of living, which looks to philosophy to reframe the way we understand ourselves and our relationships
How can we find our own direction and purpose? When life feels too much, is it possible to free ourselves from the concerns that weigh us down? Whether you're in therapy or prefer to find your own way through life's struggles, pioneering therapist Emmy van Deurzen offers a lifeline for rebuilding trust in the world.
Beginning to Live is a practical invitation to step back and discover what really matters by considering each of the four key aspects of our experience in turn: physical, social, personal and spiritual.
Harnessing over fifty years' experience, this book is filled with wisdom and moving stories that show how to deal with dilemmas and difficulties of every kind, so that even when survival takes all you have, you can rekindle confidence in your own abilities and revitalize your capacity to relate to others. It is not about a quality of personality or character, which you either have or don't have, van Deurzen shows. It is about a way of being, which is available to each of us - enabling us all to find a more engaged way of living that is purposeful, deliberate and buoyant.
Your future is a work of art in progress. And it starts here.
The Ever King
For years, Erik, the scarred king of the Ever Kingdom, has thought of nothing but vengeance against the man who killed his father and trapped him beneath the waves, making him a prisoner in his own realm.
Until his enemy’s daughter unintentionally breaks the chains on the Ever, and Erik makes her the unwitting pawn in his vicious game of revenge.
She’s innocent. He’s vicious. But he will take back what he lost, no matter the price.
Unless she steals his heart first…
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Thirteen
"This is writing with the brakes off and the adrenaline pumped to high" - Liz Holiday, SCI-FI NOW"... a cracking thriller which achieves the tricky sci-fi balancing act ... feeling relevant and accessible" - Amazon ReviewerOne hundred years from now, against all odds, Earth has found a new stability; the political order has reached a tentative balance, and the new colony on Mars is growing. But the fraught years of the 21st century have left an uneasy legacy ... As genetically engineered alpha males, Thirteens were designed to be the ultimate military fighting force but, with no wars to fight, they find themselves surplus to requirements. Many of the Thirteens have left for Mars, but now one has returned, killing everyone on the shuttle on which he arrived. Only Carl Marsalis, one of the Thirteen, can hunt him down. So begins a frantic manhunt, a battle of survival, and a search for the truth about what was really done with the world's last soldiers. THIRTEEN (previously published as BLACK MAN) is an unstoppable SF thriller about the ramifications of playing with genetic blueprints. It is also a novel about prejudice, and the human capacity for violence, deceit and corruption.
The Arrival
'Brilliant, a high concept premise that immediately hooked me' 5 STAR REVIEW'Sharp, cinematic ... kind of thriller you tear through in one sitting' 5 STAR REVIEW 'Jaw-dropping and left me speechless' 5 STAR REVIEW 'This is an outstanding novel' 5 STAR REVIEW The rules are clear. Find out where you are. Try not to die. Leo and Viv's weekend starts like any other: a takeaway, a movie and an early night. But when Leo wakes up, he's not in their London flat. He’s naked and alone in an unfamiliar bed, in an anonymous hotel, on the other side of the world. Viv wakes up to a phone ringing. It's Leo and he claims to be in Australia, despite the impossibility of it. An emergency passport is arranged, a return flight to London booked. But before Leo can make it out, there's a flicker in the corner of his vision, and he wakes up in another bed, in another hotel room, in another country. Disoriented, Leo soon discovers he's not alone. Someone with access to groundbreaking technology, and an axe to grind, is beaming a group of people around the globe – stalking them one by one, committing perfect, untraceable murders. As Leo fights to survive, Viv unearths dark secrets from her husband’s past. And the more she learns about Leo, the less she seems to know about him . . . The Arrival is an unmissable world-hopping high-stakes thriller for fans of Dark Matter and Wrong Place, Wrong Time. **The Arrival is currently in development as a feature film in Hollywood.**
Space Punch Volume 5
In a mafia-governed city where corruption and violence is commonplace, two brothers find a mysterious artifact that will change their lives foreverIn order to protect his mother, Joe has agreed to join the Darumas, but he still needs to prove his loyalty to them. He quickly gets the chance when he’s kidnapped by the Gospels, who are eager to avenge Solomon. Their leader Marco promises to spare Joe if he agrees to spy on his new clan for him. Despite the danger, Joe refuses to submit and is only saved thanks to the intervention of Seiko, Brad, and Ben. A violent clash between the clans ensues, but just as Seiko seems to have the upper hand, Marco manages to corner her. Will Joe save her, even if it means revealing his powers?
Liquid
A most anticipated book of the season for Oprah Daily, Literary Hub, Electric Literature, Book Riot, WBUR and LGBTQ Reads. 'Sexy, sly, daring' Justin Torres, National Book Award-winning author of Blackouts'The smoothest, smartest book I’ve read in quite some time' Paul Beatty, Booker Prize-winning author of The Sellout'Loving, cutting, mournful, and hilarious' Bryan Washington award-winning author of Family Meal and Memorial‘My career had gone nowhere. My love life was non-existent. And as for s*x – here I was, home alone on a Saturday night with a chick flick playing on my laptop because I didn’t own a TV. You can draw your own conclusions.’Our protagonist always believed herself to be the smartest person in the room. But a couple of years on from earning a fancy PhD, she’s still broke, single and stuck in a job going nowhere. One option remains: marry rich. Her summer becomes a whirlwind of dating: martinis with a lazy heir, board games with a butch producer and a Venmo request from a ‘socialist’ trust-fund babe. However, when some unexpected and tragic news takes her – and her project – to Tehran she is forced to ask and answer some overdue questions about family, connection and, terrifyingly, her own purpose in life and in love. A riveting spin on a classic romantic comedy, Liquid delivers a modern tale of romance, loss and belonging in a gorgeous high-wire voice that explodes off the page with wit, verve and originality.
Milly-Molly-Mandy Makes a Garden
Join Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friends in this gorgeous picture book adventure, adapted from one of Joyce Lankester Brisley's original classic stories, newly illustrated by Catharine Collingridge. Milly-Molly-Mandy lives in a tiny village in the heart of the countryside, where everyday life is full of adventures. The Village Show is coming up, and Milly-Molly-Mandy and her friend, Billy Blunt, are excited to enter their very own miniature gardens. But when Billy's garden is ruined the very day before the show, can Milly-Molly-Mandy come up with an idea to hel? illy-Molly-Mandy Makes a Garden is a charming picture book adaptation of one of Joyce Lankester Brisley's much-loved classic stories, and is the perfect introduction for younger readers to this enduringly popular heroine – not forgetting her friends, little-friend-Susan and Billy Blunt!
Ripening
‘Fairy tales matter because at the heart of every one of them is transformation.’In a world in which all the old certainties seem to be crumbling, it's hard not to feel we have lost our way. In Ripening, Sharon Blackie insists that fairy tales are precisely the stories we need for such times. Long before they became bywords for people-pleasing princesses, these old stories – passed down to us through generations by our peasant ancestors – told us everything that women need to learn about the world. They might be set in difficult and dangerous times, but they require their heroines to face the unfaceable and dig deep for previously unimagined inner resources. They teach us to be savvy, inspire us to grow in confidence, show us how to be bold and claim the future we dream of. More than anything, fairy tales are soul-food. They show us how to take hold of our own personal narratives and transform them into stories that might begin with trauma, but end with empowerment. They offer us images of startling resonance and beauty, while showing us how to recognise and make use of the possibilities that rise to the surface when broken systems are cracked open.
All The Wicked
Eager to find the answers she can’t locate in the shelves of Ravenswood library, Andy Emmerson visits Jae in the underworld. Only, it is empty of the Gods that once ruled it and inexplicable clues start to appear directing them to The Order. Together they must travel to Eidolon University where they will investigate The Order and unlock its secrets. Soon they are catapulted into a world of old magic, dangerous rituals, and demonic activity. A world they thought they’d left behind at Ravenswood. If they fail to discover The Order, and the school’s secrets, humanity will fall to the fires of hell.
The Reiki Healing Card Deck
Explore the world of Reiki healing through this informative and beautiful deck of 52 cards and reap the benefits of a healthier and happier lifeA Japanese art form and alternative medicine, Reiki healing is practised using gentle hand placements to bring balance and overall well-being to the body, mind and spirit. Reiki is the perfect way to balance and boost the body's energy field and get you to a state of calmness and relaxation. This deck will help promote physical and emotional healing, and teach you how to harness universal energy. Inside, you'll discover:- The history and etymology of Reiki - The five principles to live by - What chakras are and how they are used in Reiki - How to set intentions and use visualization - Techniques and exercises to practise self-Reiki Tap into the energy of Reiki and make it your new spiritual practice to heal mentally, physically and emotionally. Allow the wonder of Reiki to bring you peace, love and joy.
Letter to My Judge
A dark, psychological tale of deadly obsession, in a masterful new translation'My dear Judge, I would like one man, just one, to understand me. And I really hope that man can be you.'In a small town in western France, Dr Charles Alavoine seems to lead the perfect life: his own medical practice, two beautiful children, a new wife and a doting mother. Yet as each quiet day of bourgeois conformity passes, Alavoine begins to feel a sharp sense of futility. Then, one rainy day in December, he meets a mysterious young woman on a station platform. Fascinated by her innocence and the scars of her past, Alavoine’s passion soon gives way to a dangerous obsession, ending in a terrible act that will forever change the course of his life. First published in 1947, Letter to My Judge is a masterful exploration of the darkest corners of the human soul, and a harrowing exorcism of Simenon’s phantoms.
In the Theatre
The Moomins are going to the theatre! In this brand new story based on Tove Jansson's magical world of Moominvalley, you can lift the flaps and spot your favourite characters. This beautiful shaped board book is perfect for young Moomin fans. The Moomins are putting on a show . . . but the theatre has been burgled! Can they catch the culpri? oin Moomintroll, Moominmamma and Moominpappa as they paint the scenery, make the props and search for the robber, helped and hampered by Snorkmaiden, Little My, Stinky and Emma the Stage Rat. As you follow the Moomins on their journey you can lift flaps to explore the secrets of the theatre and find your favourite characters - there's plenty to discover!The perfect introduction for little ones to Tove Jansson’s world of Moominvalley. Enjoy more fun-shaped Moomin adventures with In the Observatory, In the Moominhouse and In the Lighthouse.
KPop Saves the World Activity Book
Calling all KPop fans! Design your dream band, defeat magical demons, and unleash your creativity to save the world with this interactive activity book.
Get ready to dance, draw, and dream your way through action-packed KPop challenges, inspired by Korean mythology! In this ultimate KPop activity book you'll create your own superstar squad, write chart-topping lyrics, and battle mythical demons through high-stakes puzzles, character coloring pages, and fun fill-in-the-blank activities. From designing glittery outfits to getting your pump-up playlist ready, this book inspires fans of all ages to let their imagination shine.
Inside you'll find:
60+ engaging puzzles, word searches, mazes, sudoku, and coloring pages
DIY band design, lyric challenges, logo art, and story-building prompts
Kid-safe, screen-free fun for KPop fans and creative readers
Perfect for birthdays, K-drama marathons, or any gift occasion, KPop Saves the World Activity Book is sure to be a hit. A must-have KPop gift for anyone who love art, music, and everything Korean pop culture!
Our Lady of Blades
'A spirited swashbuckling fantasy about family, revenge and the price of justice' - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican GothicTwo sisters: divided by tragedy, united by steel. The incredible new novel in the Court of Shadows series by the bestselling author of TRAITOR'S BLADE and THE MALEVOLENT SEVEN!Blood Week may have been banned in Rijou, but the streets still run red - and now murder is being sanctioned by the courts. Only a reckless fool would believe they can beat the system. But then, the Greatcoats have always been more than a little reckless . . . Rijou's notorious Court of Blades is as corrupt as it is cutthroat, destroying lives with impunity. Now the city's all-powerful Ascendant Houses have started buying and selling verdicts to enslave and even execute those who oppose them. Into this depraved world of licensed death comes a mysterious duellist who dares to foil the intrigues of the city's elite. They call her Lady Consequence, but years ago she had a different name, until her family was slaughtered and she was consigned to the hellish prison known as the House of Tears. Lady Consequence means to rescue her idealistic younger brother, restore their House and wreak vengeance upon those who betrayed them. But a far more dangerous game is unfolding in the shadows, one which threatens the freedom of the entire nation.
Henry Upside Down
The fourth book in the Schneider Family Award and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor-winning series that follows Henry, a boy on the autism spectrum, as he navigates friendships, classroom conundrums, and the ups and downs of daily life as a sweet and sensitive first-grader. It’s Henry’s turn to take care of the school garden. And his best friend, Katie, will help him. But then a new girl named Ivy joins their garden crew. Ivy tells jokes that make Katie laugh. She does handstands, just like Katie. Katie says Ivy is her friend. But Henry is Katie’s friend! Suddenly, Henry’s world feels upside down. Follow along as Henry learns to tend a garden, deal with a big box of worms, and maybe even make a new friend. Readers of all kinds will delight in seeing the world through Henry's eyes in these gentle, classic-feeling stories, delivered with empathy and charm by the award-winning author-illustrator team of Jenn Bailey and Mika Song.
